Leader Bellock nominates Jim Durkin for Speaker of the House

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Thursday, January 12, 2017

Deputy House Minority Leader Patti Bellock (R-Hinsdale) nominated her friend and colleague Representative Jim Durkin for Speaker of the House on Wednesday at the inauguration of the 100th Illinois General Assembly in Springfield. Durkin was formally re-elected House Republican Leader, a post he has held since 2013.